Nationalism is not a negative sentiment, says Foreign Minister S Jaishankar

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there was no contradiction in being nationalistic.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Jaishankar said that "India is an exception as we are more nationalistic, but at the same time, we don't see a tension between being nationalistic and being international, in the sense of engaging more with the world, so nationalism is not a negative sentiment".

"I would say the entire neighbourhood, minus one, had actually been a fairly good story of regional cooperation," Jaishankar said in reference to Pakistan.

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During the conversation with the journalists at a session of the World Economic Forum, Jaishankar also said that the Kashmir issue did come up in meetings with the US.